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New Barn Farm
New Barn Farm is an operational 4.5 MW onshore wind farm in Burnley, generating since 1 February 2007. Planning permission was granted on 23 February 2004, 18 months after submission. Operator of record: Private Developer.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2 September 2002 |
| Permission granted | 23 February 2004 18 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 February 2007 35 months after consent |
Screening a site of your own?
Burnley approves 63% of onshore wind schemes. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 agricultural land.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Burnley’s record on onshore wind
Burnley has decided 8 onshore wind schemes and approved 63%, taking a median of 9.4 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in Burnley →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Wind Onshore · Operational | 7.5 | 0.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.18 | 3.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.8 | 4.1 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.2 | 4.5 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.8 | 5.6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.9 | 5.9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2 | 6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.9 | 6.2 km |
How big is New Barn Farm?
New Barn Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 4.5 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates New Barn Farm?
REPD records the operator as Private Developer. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was New Barn Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2 September 2002. Permission was granted on 23 February 2004, 18 months later. The site became operational on 1 February 2007, 35 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 4685.
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